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Umm Salal · Qatar · 25.42° N · 51.41° E

Solar position in Umm Şalāl Muḩammad

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Umm Şalāl Muḩammad — computed for 25.42° N, 51.41° E, 25 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:37103° ESE
Sunset today16:59257° WSW
Best panel angle22°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle45°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation52.8°
At solar noon, 11:18Open on the sun map

Sun in Umm Şalāl Muḩammad today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:20sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn04:4712° below
Civil dawn05:146° below
Sunrise05:37103° ESE
Golden hour ends06:08sun 6° up
Solar noon11:1852.8° high
Golden hour starts16:28sun 6° up
Sunset16:59257° WSW
Civil dusk17:226° below
Nautical dusk17:4912° below
Astronomical dusk18:1618° below
Day length11 h 22 min

Sun path diagram for Umm Şalāl Muḩammad

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice56789101112131415161718EquinoxDecember solstice78910111213141516Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 88.0° at solar noon in Umm Şalāl Muḩammad; on the December solstice only 41.2°. Sunrise swings from 63° ENE in June to 116° ESE in December — a 52° arc along the horizon.

Sunrise, sunset and sun height by month

Values for the 21st of each month, local clock time including daylight saving time.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January06:2111:4517:1010 h 49 min44.7°
February06:0411:4817:3111 h 27 min54.1°
March05:3711:4117:4512 h 08 min64.9°
April05:0611:3318:0012 h 53 min76.5°
May04:4611:3018:1513 h 29 min84.8°
June04:4411:3618:2713 h 43 min88.0°
July04:5511:4018:2513 h 30 min85.0°
August05:1011:3718:0412 h 54 min76.6°
September05:2211:2717:3212 h 10 min65.2°
October05:3511:1817:0111 h 26 min53.8°
November05:5511:2016:4410 h 49 min44.7°
December06:1511:3216:4910 h 33 min41.2°

A year of daylight in Umm Şalāl Muḩammad

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Umm Şalāl Muḩammad

Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

22°collects the most energy over a year: 1621 kWh per kWp.

45°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 22°Best worst-month 45°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°153094%2.732.0×
15°161299%3.311.6×
22° year-round best1621100%3.521.4×
25° = latitude1619100%3.591.4×
30°160799%3.701.3×
45° off-grid best151493%3.881.2×
60°134183%3.831.4×
70°118773%3.671.6×
90°82951%3.082.3×

A fixed array in Umm Şalāl Muḩammad produces the most over a year at 22°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 45° it makes 3.88 kWh per kWp a day, 10% more than at 22°, and costs 7% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Umm Şalāl Muḩammad at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 22° (year-round best).

0123456January: 3.74 (70°)3.7JanFebruary: 3.74 (70°)3.7FebMarch: 3.54 (70°)3.5MarApril: 2.98 (70°)3.0AprMay: 2.67 (70°)2.7MayJune: 2.43 (70°)2.4JunJuly: 2.45 (70°)2.4JulAugust: 2.83 (70°)2.8AugSeptember: 3.46 (70°)3.5SepOctober: 3.86 (70°)3.9OctNovember: 3.71 (70°)3.7NovDecember: 3.67 (70°)3.7Dec22°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 22°Mean temp.
January3.654.433.743.7018.2 °C
February4.414.453.744.1618.9 °C
March5.244.273.544.5722.0 °C
April5.783.672.984.6126.2 °C
May6.653.362.674.9331.1 °C
June7.073.102.435.0433.5 °C
July6.693.152.454.8035.2 °C
August6.453.622.834.8335.6 °C
September5.974.383.464.8433.8 °C
October5.054.823.864.4930.5 °C
November3.894.533.713.7825.5 °C
December3.434.393.673.5220.6 °C
Year5.36 avg4.01 avg1187 kWh1621 kWh

Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through June on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 490 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 340 Wp at 22°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Umm Şalāl Muḩammad

Distance between rows of 2 m long panels (slope length) so that no row shades the next between 10:00 and 14:00 solar time on the winter solstice.

3.1 mrow pitch at 70°

2.8 mrow pitch at 22°

Row spacing calculator

How Umm Şalāl Muḩammad compares in Qatar

Against the other 9 places in Qatar with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

7thof 10 places in Qatar for sunshine: 5.36 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Qatar: 1,621 against 1,627 kWh per kWp.

+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Doha: 13 h 43 min against 13 h 43 min.

22°best year-round tilt here; across Qatar it runs from 21° in Lusail to 22° in Doha.

Of the 10 places in Qatar, Umm Ghuwaylīnah gets the most sun (5.46 peak sun hours a day) and Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin the least (5.29); Umm Şalāl Muḩammad ranks 7th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.43 kWh a day here, against 2.42 kWh on average in Qatar. The shortest day lasts 10 h 33 min, −1 min compared with Doha.

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Solar forecast for Umm Şalāl Muḩammad, next 48 hours

Expected output of 1 kWp at 70°, computed from the ICON-EU weather model of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Europe.

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Questions about the sun in Umm Şalāl Muḩammad

What is the best solar panel angle in Umm Şalāl Muḩammad?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Umm Şalāl Muḩammad is 22°, worth about 1621 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 45°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Umm Şalāl Muḩammad today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:37 and sets at 16:59 local time (UTC+3), giving 11 h 22 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:18.
How many peak sun hours does Umm Şalāl Muḩammad get?
On a flat surface 5.4 hours a day averaged over the year, from 3.4 in December to 7.1 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 3.1 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Umm Şalāl Muḩammad?
At solar noon the sun stands 88.0° above the horizon on the June solstice and 41.2° on the December solstice.
Is Umm Şalāl Muḩammad a good place for solar panels?
With 5.4 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Umm Şalāl Muḩammad ranks 7th of 10 places in Qatar for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (22°) makes about 1,621 kWh a year here, as much as the average place in Qatar.

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Sun positions: NREL Solar Position Algorithm. Climate: NASA POWER monthly climatology (NASA Langley Research Center). Forecast: Deutscher Wetterdienst, ICON-EU (CC BY 4.0), processed. Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Time zones: IANA. Sources and licences.